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' T. H. J. CRUISE. STREET GAR SERVICE.

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Patent THOMAS II. J. CRUISE, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

STRE'ET CAR SERVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,731, dated February 17,1891.

Application filed August 26, 1890. fields-1N0. 368,137. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HUNT JOSEPH CRUISE, bookkeeper, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Street-Car Service, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This improvement relates to that class of cars which are suspended from an elevated track, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and then definitcl y claimed.

Figure l. is a perspective view showing my overhead track with car .suspended therefrom. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective detail of the truck and a portion of the track. Fig. 3 is a detail of the switch.

In the drawings, A represents a double girder, preferably shaped substantially as shown, and having internally projecting flanges I3, bolted to or formed integral with it, the said flanges being designed to support the wheels C of the truck. The girder A is supported above the street by the cross-girders D, which are suitably supported, as indicated.

The street-car E is provided with upwardlyprojecting rods F, fastened to thebody of the car and to the two plates G, which are connected together by the cross-barII, as shown. On each plate G, I pivot a corresponding plate I, from each of which plates four rods J extend. These rods J are arranged to extend up in pairs, two for each wheel C, as indicated in Fig. 2,each rod passing'through the bearingbox K of its respective wheel, and the said rods connected together in pairs by a plate L. On each rod J, between its plate L and bearing-box K, I placea spiral spring M, and I connect the plates Ii together by a crossbar N.

O is a light frame pivoted at each end at (L to one of the bars N, thus forming a connection between the two pairs of wheels of the truck.

Owing to the location of the spiral springs M, it will be seen that theysupport the weight of the car, and owing to the manner in which the two pairs of wheels of the truck are connected together each pair will swing independently of the other. The pivot-connection between the plates G and I also admit of this free movement; Each pair of wheels C is provided with a brake-head P, suspended from the frame 0, as indicated. A lever Q is pivoted at b to the frame 0, and is connected to each of the brake-heads P by the cord R. A cord S is also connected to the lever Q, and is carried around pulleys T to the top of the carE, where it is connected to the brake-spindle U.

I do not confine myself to any particular style of motor; but I prefer to place a storage-battery 011 the top or within the car arranged to propel a shaft to which a sprocketwheel V is fixed. A corresponding sprocket wheel IV is fixed to the axle of one pair of wheels, and the two sprocket-wheels are 0011- nected together by the sprocket-chain X. The driver of the car may readily regulate the motor either from the top or front of the car and apply the brakes when necessary.

In Fig. 3 I show a plan of a switch, which consists simply of a pivot-point Y, which may be moved to direct the car onto either of the tracks shown in Fig. .3.

From this description it willbe seen that I secure an efficient car service without interfering with the road-bed of the street, and in which the cars may be used in the winter without interfering with sleighing.

That I claim as my invention is 1. A street-car E, having upwardly-projecting rods F fixed to it, each set of rods being connected together by a plate G, which is pivoted on a plate I, in combination with the.

rods J, bearing boxes K, springs M, plate L, and wheels C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A street-car E, having upwardly-projecting rods F fixed to it, each set of rods being connected together by a plate G,whichis pivoted on a plate I, in combination with the rods J, bearing-boxes K, springs M, plate L, wheels C, cross-bar N, and frame 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, July 25, 1890.

THOMAS H. J. CRUISE.

In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, F. A. WooDwARn. 

